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An Act relative to voting by mail and early voting

Filed by Cynthia Stone Creem  ·  12 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S2653  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD2911

8 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2020-04-16SenateReferred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently
2020-04-21SenateRules suspended
2020-04-21SenateReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2020-04-23HouseHouse concurred
2020-04-30HouseReporting date extended to Friday June 26, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-05-11SenateSenate concurred
2020-05-11JointHearing scheduled for 05/14/2020 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2020-06-01HouseAccompanied a new draft, see H4762

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2020-05-14Election Laws (J)Virtual Hearing, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Suspend RulesRules (J)
AccompaniedElection Laws (J)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.